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Vatican Facts:
National name:
Stato della Cittŕ del Vaticano
Ruler:
Eduardo Cardinal Martínez Somalo (acting)
Area:
0.17 sq mi (0.44 sq km)
Population (July 2003 est.):
911
Density per sq mi:
5,362
Monetary unit:
Euro
Languages:
Italian, Latin, French, various other languages
Ethnicity/race:
Italian, Swiss, other
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Labour force:
Dignitaries, priests, nuns, guards, and 3,000 lay workers who live outside the Vatican
Budget (2001):
Revenues: $173.5 million; expenditures: $176.6 million, including capital expenditures
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3, FM 4, shortwave 2 (1998)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (1996)
Transportation: Railways:
Total: 0.86 km; note: connects to Italy's network at Rome's Saint Peter's station (2001)
Transportation: Highways:
None; all city streets
Transportation: Ports and harbours:
None
Transportation: Airports:
None
Transportation: Heliports:
1 (2002)
International disputes:
None
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Biog. | St. Linus
- St. Linus, according to the "Liber Pontificalis," was an Italian from Tuscany. His father's name was Herculanus. He died a martyr and was buried on the Vatican near St. Peter.
About St. Peter a great deal is known; about his successors, considerably less. For the early popes the main written source is the "Liber Pontificalis." This account of the lives of the popes was begun probably early in the sixth century while the Ostrogoths ruled Italy. The author had access to earlier written sources, but he was not rigidly critical. Since there are a number of mistakes which historians have checked, the "Liber Pontificalis," though valuable, is scarcely to be considered infallible. It is, however, the best written source extant for many of the early popes.
It is probable that St. Paul refers to him when he writes from Rome to Timothy, "Eubulus and Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren salute thee" (2 Tim., 4:21).
Little as is known of St. Linus, churchgoers can be reminded of him every time they see a woman in church wearing a hat or kerchief, for it is said that it was this second pope who decreed that women should enter church only with heads covered.
The feast of St. Linus is celebrated on September 23.
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